Erection date: 1987
Greater London Council
Major Walter Clopton Wingfield, 1833 - 1912, father of lawn tennis, lived here.
SW1, St George's Square, 33
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Walter Clopton Wingfield
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Walter Clopton Wingfield
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